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Originally Posted by unaluna
I THOUGHT "polio water" was a thing! I havent heard anybody use this expression probably since the 50s, except for myself, but its always on the tip of my tongue when i see standing water, im like, oh, polio water, and people around me are like, what?!
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I don't think I can ever look at standing water of any kind without hearing my sisters say, "polio water!" and laughing about it. It was definitely a thing way back...not funny at all, until someone figured out that water wasn't how people contracted polio.